Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to how many Syrian refugees the UK has offered asylum.

For the purposes of answering this question latest published figures have been
provided since the start of the armed conflict in Syria in April 2011.

Between April 2011 and March 2014, 2,649 Syrians and their dependants were
granted asylum in the UK at initial decision. In the same period 45 Syrians and
their dependants were granted Humanitarian Protection.

The Home Office publishes statistics on grants of asylum and humanitarian
protection at initial decision to main applicants and dependants in Tables
as_02 and as_02_q (Asylum data tables Volume 1) within the Immigration
Statistics release. A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics
January – March 2014 is available from:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-stati
stics-quarterly-release and will be placed in the Library of the House.

Not all asylum seekers are deemed to be refugees and not all refugees claim
asylum. Refugee status is conferred following a grant of asylum.